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wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95
Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat…
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Border (China), 19th century
Valance or border in heavy white cotton embroidered in blue cotton with a main design of a crow in flight appearing between two sprays of fruit-bearing branches. Flowers, butterflies and…
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Bed Cover (Spain), 17th century
Vertical panel with medium-scale diagonal repeat giving allover effect of large symmetrical urns with addorsed birds on either side of vase, confronted birds on either side of fleur-de-lis rising from…
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Bed Cover (Uzbekistan), 19th century
Field and border solidly filled with flower heads in orange and magenta, narrow blue-green leaf scrolls; floral guard border around center field and edge.
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Reading chair Armchair, ca. 1720–30
Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on…
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Border Of A Chalice Cover (Italy), late 17th–early 18th century
Border of a chalice cover with a pattern of floral scroll work connected by bars.
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Armchair (China (for export)), ca. 1815
Armchair, square in plan, constructed entirely of bamboo except for caned seat. Back designed with small rectangular openings, each filled with tiny open motif. Similar worked details beneath armrest and…
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Rosalie Armchair, design: 1850; Crest decoration design: 1849
A) Upholstered, laminated rosewood back, topped by carved flowers-and-fruit garland. Back frame formed of inverted U-shaped scroll at top and serpentine section at bottom. Serpentine arms join back frame with…
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Sheffield armchair Armchair, 1875–80
The crest rail is round eared with carved scrolls at center. The seat is characterized by a serpentine front, on thin cabriole legs that terminate in padded slipper feet. The…
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